Özge YILMAZAyhan SÖĞÜTArda BOZGÜLAhmet TÜRKELİŞebnem KADERHasan YÜKSEL2024-07-242024-07-2420140494-1373http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/22122In troductio n : Asth ma an d o b esity are re late d diseases h owever th e influence of ob esity on asth ma severity is not c lear yet. T here fore, efth e aim of our stu dy was to eva luate th e association b etween o b esity an d asth ma control eva luate d on th e b asis of sym ptoms an dsasth ma contro l q uestionnaire (ACQ).Materials an d Meth o d s: We enro lle d 98 ch ildren with asth ma a ge d 4 to 14 years consecutive ly an d recorde d th eir disease c h a rac-ateristics an d severity parameters as we ll as th e sym ptom scores. All ch ildren fille d in th e ACQ. Ch ildren were c lassifie d as o b es e an den on-obese according to body mass index. Obesity was defined as body mass index over 9 0 th percentile.Resu lts: Mean a ge of th e ch ildren in th e o b ese group (n= 27) was 8.1 ± 2.6 wh ile th at in th e non-o b ese group (n= 71) was 8 .6 ± 82.9 (p= 0.41). Asth ma symptom score in o b ese an d non-o b ese groups were not significantly different (p= 0.73). Ch ildren in th e no b ese group h a d lower ACQ scores wh en compare d to th e non-o b ese group (1.2 ± 0.9 vs 1.7 ± 1.0, p= 0.04) h owever th is signifi-igcance was lost when controlled for a ge and gender in the re gression model.Co n c lus io n: T h e resu lts of th is stu dy su ggest th at o b esity is not significantly associate d with worse asth ma contro l wh en a djuste d for ed age an d gen der.eng[Fen > Tıp > Solunum Sistemi, Fen > Tıp > Kulak, Burun, Boğaz]Araştırma Makalesi